Barrs Family History
- Barrs Name Meaning
- topographic name for someone who lived by one or more barriers or obstructions, from a plural or possessive form of Barr 2. metonymic occupational name for a maker of bars, or perhaps a nickname for a tall, thin man. See Barr 4.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 76,656 Historical Documents with Barrs on Ancestry
- 24,963 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 17,393 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,015 Military Records
- 1,571 Immigration Records
- 30,714 Member Trees
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Number of Barrs families
 60 - 118  21 - 59 |
 1 - 20  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Barrs census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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